![]() “The Barents are an area where Russian submarines like to operate, and we’ve kind of left alone for so long that it’s become an extension of the areas they deploy that they see as their bastion,” Clark said. submarine officer who is now a senior fellow with The Hudson Institute. The choice of the Barents Sea is an interesting one due to its operational significance to the Russian submarine fleet, which remains world-class even as much of its surface fleet degraded after the end of the Cold War, said Bryan Clark, a former U.S. ![]() Navy is back in the Arctic Circle after being gone for 30 years. ![]() And while a Naval Forces Europe news release made clear Russia was given advance notice of the patrol to avoid confusion, the message is still pointed: The U.S. Truman in 2018 and a surface action group patrol in 2019. The patrol in the Barents Sea, much of which is part of Russia exclusive economic zone, follows high-profile patrols by the American aircraft carrier Harry S. And that it was carried out by Europe-based destroyers could herald even more operations in the High North as the service plans to grow to six destroyers forward-deployed there from today’s four. Navy has made clear will become a habit in the frigid waters of the Arctic. ![]() The trip into Russia’s backyard was the latest in what the U.S. ![]()
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